Bids coordinator jobs in Manchester
How's your job search on our site?
We can’t fix issues like poverty, inequality, health and climate change alone. We are fully conscious of the scale of the challenge that faces the country and the urgent need to respond. That’s why the School for Social Entrepreneurs exists, to empower and equip people with entrepreneurial ideas and solutions to grow the social economy. The social economy is a movement of organisations and enterprises that prioritise people and planet. Together, we are committed to tackling the greatest social and environmental challenges of our time.This is a new and exciting role at a significant time of growth for the School for Social Entrepreneurs. In the coming year. we are developing new programmes, working with leaders who are developing small community led social and environmental projects as well as leading larger charities and social businesses developing social investment and housing solutions.
We’re not a traditional funder. Our grants tend to be small, but they punch above their weight, helping social and environmental entrepreneurs take the next step to grow their organisations. Our grants run alongside learning programmes, challenging and supporting leaders. We’re innovative in how we do this, through both traditional and enterprise grants. We lead on Match Trading™, a grant that challenges leaders to grow their trading income, and we are working on further grants innovations.
You will work with our Grants Team, Project Co-ordinators and Assessment Lead to develop and support grant management across a range of programmes. Your role will be to lead on specific programmes, including supporting assessment, onboarding and grant management. You will ensure that grantees are fully supported to manage their grants and ensure that grant management is compliant, auditable, efficient, and timely. You will support the development of grant policies and processes, writing grant paperwork and documentation, overseeing payments, and reporting to the wider Programmes Team and others about our work.
You don’t need to have managed grants before, but you do need to have a good understanding of a wide range enterprises and charities, gained through experience of training, business consultancy or development support. You will have a good understanding of business models, legal structures and financial systems that social and environmental organisations and community run and owned businesses may use. You will need to understand social enterprise finances, be able to read accounts, budgets, cashflows and have a good knowledge of social enterprise income streams.
We need someone who understands how hard it is to start up and grow social and environmental enterprises and can support people from diverse backgrounds in managing their grant, finances and growing their business.
Are you up for the challenge?
Interviews: Friday 18th and Friday 25th September (online)
Registered Charity
21 - 50
To equip people with skills, funding, and networks to realise their potential, improve lives and protect the planet.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
We are looking for a Marketing Support Administrator to report to and support the Service Coordinator in the daily running of the charity which runs on a part-time basis. This is an exciting time for the charity as long-term funding has been secured.
Levenshulme Good Neighbours, (LGN) is a local charitable incorporated organization (reg 1163827) offering befriending services to socially isolated and lonely over 55-year-olds members of the Levenshulme local community. We do this by providing local volunteers to match locals struggling from a lack of social companions. We also host Sunday Luncheons and Slow-Moving Exercise classes.
The Marketing and Support Administrator will be tasked with creating newsletters, data entry, management of client files, dealing with invoices, receipts, social media campaigns, attending promotional and communal events, creating board meeting agendas and other vital tasks to keep the charity running smoothly. We are hoping someone with an optimal outlook and positive attitude can join our team. This role would require someone with a passion for the cause; tackling social isolation and loneliness experienced by older people.
You will be governed by a friendly and diverse team of locals who share the same passion, come from diverse backgrounds and offer a lot of skills and insights into the field.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the creation and management of marketing materials using Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel
- Create regular social media posts about LGN activities, events, volunteers, and community impact
- Write short stories or case studies about members, volunteers, and the difference LGN is making
- Help promote events, activities, and volunteer opportunities locally and online
- Create simple posters, flyers, and social media graphics using Canva or similar tools
- Update information on the LGN site and social media pages
- Collect photos, quotes, and feedback from activities and events to use in newsletters and social media
- Help raise awareness of LGN and encourage more local people to get involved
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritising tasks effectively through excellent time management
- Maintain organised records of marketing activities, schedules, and reports
- Contribute to the development of marketing strategies by providing insights based on analysis skills
- ·Attend board meetings often, voicing the continual objectives and aims for the charity
- Supporting the ambassadorial function of the Service Coordinator at stakeholder meetings with the council, local councillors, grant funders, and possibly client referrers
- Call handling enquiries from referrers, locals, volunteer prospects
- Checking and sending off D B S forms for volunteer befrienders
Essential Skills And Qualities
- Experience in the charity sector within a marketing environment is advantageous
- Strong analysis skills with the ability to interpret data effectively
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word is essential
- High level of IT competency, including Google Suite and Microsoft Office
- Strong time management and ability to prioritise a varied workload
- Confident writing, editing, and presenting skills
- Flexible, self-motivated, and capable of working independently and as part of a small team
- Able to respond positively to challenges, feedback, and shifting priorities
- Demonstrates initiative, resilience, and the ability to handle pressure and competing deadlines
- Empathy and sensitivity to the challenges faced by individuals and communities
- A positive, can-do attitude and belief in the power of community development and organising
- Able to stay calm, use tact and diplomacy, and find constructive solutions to problems
- Data entry experience
- Leadership qualities with a proactive approach to problem-solving and team collaboration
Desirable Skills
- Capacity to work with wordpress com and update web pages
- Familiarity with accounting software
- Proficiency in creating leaflets, flyers, social media campaigns with programs such as Canva
- Previous experience in the charity sector
- Intermediate proficiency with Excel software
- Attention to detail in screening reports, accounts, budgets
- Report writing skills
- Bid writing experience
Benefits
First Aid Training, Professional Development, Hybrid working, working in a highly energetic environment alongside other charitable organisations for the betterment of society. There'll be opportunities to attend daytrips to coastal areas with staff from partner organisations and service users. Charity pension plan included. Apply by filling out a Marketing and Support Administrator Application Form. We would love to hear from you. All the best.
